Beckett went to Stuyvesant High School, a public school in New York City reserved for highly gifted students; in "Food to Die For", she becomes reacquainted with her old high school friend, Madison Queller, who stated they shared 9th grade French and expressed her surprise that "the biggest scofflaw at Stuy became a cop". In the season four finale "Always", Cole Maddox, the man who shot Beckett in the season three finale, returns and tries to find the "mysterious man" who is blackmailing his employer (the "dragon"). Beckett is forced to have Castle consult on the case, and though she tries to contain his access, he repeatedly violates police protocol. In "Little Girl Lost", FBI agent Will Sorenson (Bailey Chase) turned up and were found to be Beckett's ex-boyfriend who dated her for 6 months, but broke up with her when he decided to go to Boston for his career. Castle, trying to get Beckett off the case, tells her he loves her and admits that he heard her saying she remembered everything. In "Flowers for Your Grave", Castle gives Beckett a brief kiss on the cheek when he gives her an early release copy of his last Derek Storm novel. Overview. The team attempt to reconstruct the files and discover an account number of U.S. In "The Dead Pool", she is "courted" by another writer, Castle's protégé, for information and characteristics. We move forward to Beckett, Castle, Ryan and Esposito sitting together, “No one outside of this immediate family ever needs to know about this,” says Beckett. However, in the season 2 finale, Beckett breaks off the relationship, claiming that it "isn't what [she's] looking for right now". However, Beckett soon finds out that Alexis was the real target. Relieved, he and Beckett hug. Castle then discovers Kate loved the Sci-Fi TV Show Nebula 9. She was shocked as she thought Castle was going to break up with her (after their fight the previous episode) and when Castle says they will make it work and they will be great she happily accepts in the season 6 premiere, "Valkyrie", and they try to make it work long distance (Beckett gets a job in Washington D.C.). Throughout the episode, he seems to be gathering more and more incriminating data, but Beckett, Esposito, and Ryan check on things at different times and cannot confirm what he saw. Fortunately, events bring them back together and even their parents seem to have established a friendship. Kate is still with Josh but they have lots of fights. In "Deadly Affair", Beckett and her team find Castle at a crime scene in the season three premiere and arrest him for murder (which she gladly does because he didn't call her to inform that he was back in town), but after he is proved innocent she sets him loose. 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In the Season 4 finale, "Always", Beckett and Castle are forced to deal with their relationship when a murder they are investigating turns out to be linked to Beckett's shooting almost a year before. They leave on good terms, but Meredith tells Beckett that she finally left Castle because he was so unwilling to reveal inner secrets to her. Then, at the end of the episode, he asks her out and when she says no, he says, "It would have been great". Despite this, though, he still loves his mother and, as an homage to her, leaves his victims looking peaceful. This is probably referring back to the trick she was talking about near the beginning of episode "Poof! At his funeral Beckett gets shot by another unknown sniper. However, although Beckett made a positive impression on her colleagues for her investigative skills, she soon found herself unable to make the necessary moral compromises for her new role, jeopardizing a plan to infiltrate a major crime syndicate to protect a young woman who would have been forced to act as the mole. Castle becomes aware of it, sneaks up behind 'Lockwood', and jumps him just as he's about to shoot Beckett. Esposito was supposed to be alone on Christmas Eve as his plans backfire, but he ends up spending Christmas Eve with a family which was part of the murder investigation. Dr. Murray then reveals to Beckett that there is no doubt in his mind, that the victim is killed by the same man that murdered her mother. Castle: Is it just me or does that make sense?Ryan: No, it's just you. Senator Bracken hired yet another hit man, known by the alias Cole Maddox, to make an attempt on Beckett’s life. Did Kate Beckett Die on the 'Castle' Series Finale? In "47 Seconds", Martha encourages her son to tell Beckett how he feels; however, while Beckett is interrogating a suspect, she says "I was shot in the chest and I remember every second of it", not knowing that Castle is in the observation room and overhears it. promo. Later in the episode, Meridith invites Kate to dinner. In the season four premiere " Beckett thanks Castle for being there with her and Castle replies that he always will be. However, the job is not all that it is cracked up to be - there is much compromise and politics. Kate Beckett said this at Captain Montgomery's funeral, right before she was shot... in the chest... by a sniper. Completed. Holding hands, they look into each other's eyes and then with less than a second left, Castle yanks all the wires out, miraculously defusing the bomb as the timer hits 0:00. In "A Chill Goes Through Her Veins", Beckett first reveals to Castle that it was her mother that was murdered when she was 19 years old and how it happened. Castle comments on the similarity between the couple the officer and the journalist make and the relationship between himself and Beckett. Castle quickly returns the favor when another gunman appears by taking the bullet to the chest, which returns him to his own reality. She swore as it oozed blood at an incredible rate and grabbed … Things don't go exactly as planned. Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle and Stana Katic as NYPD Detective Kate Beckett. In "Knockout", Beckett tells Castle he and she are "over" after his unsuccessful attempt to dissuade her from continuing her obsessive pursuit of Hal Lockwood, an assassin connected to her mother's murder. [16] Radio Times included her in its list of the Ten Strong TV Women. This hurts Kate, who took an out-of-character risk. She later explains to him that even though she really liked him, she can't be the person she wants to be in a relationship until she has full closure on her mother's murder. AU Post S3. While she is lying on the ground Castle finally confesses his love for her. In "Little Girl Lost", Beckett's past is further revealed when a former love interest, FBI Agent Will Sorenson, returns to New York and requests Beckett's assistance on a kidnapping case. In the next episode it is revealed that Josh is a biker and a cardiac surgeon. Beckett's mother's case is again brought up at "Sucker Punch" when Lanie contacts a specialist, Dr. Murray, after realizing the wound similarities between the victim and Beckett's mother. He’s still dangerous. Her partnership with Castle is later extended after Castle receives a three-book publishing deal after the success of the debut Nikki Heat novel.[12]. Later, when Esposito and Castle are bantering about being stuck in jail and Esposito says that Castle would have to fend for himself, Beckett says: "Don't worry, Castle. Getting shot in the chest by a professional killer can be very traumatizing. Between her junior and senior year of college, she spent a semester studying in Kiev, Ukraine. In the Castle season 3 finale, Kate Beckett is shot by a sniper at Capt. Later in the fourth season, in the episode "Dial M for Mayor" the case surfaces again, but only Castle realizes this thanks to the "mysterious man", who informs him that the dragon wants to blame Castle's old friend the mayor with the murder of a young woman in order to get rid of the mayor and Castle. Montgomery's funeral. In "A Deadly Game", Beckett is on the brink of telling Castle about her feelings for him when his ex-wife (Gina) shows up to go to the Hamptons with him, saying he'll "See [Beckett] in the fall". It is later revealed that the two have started dating, eating together at work, and even sharing a cab. Castle tries to talk Beckett out of everything, but as soon he reveals the existence of his mysterious informant Beckett breaks off her partnership with him. Beckett and Esposito trace down Maddox alone, who defeats both of them and leaves Beckett hanging on the edge of a tall building. In order to protect her, Castle allows her to stay with him in his apartment, where she makes him breakfast as a thank you. This could be relevant because the daughter of the murder victim foresaw that someone with the name Alexander will save her life one day. She was shot at the funeral of Captain Montgomery. Castle helps her deduce where the tape is, and it reveals (then Assistant D.A.) Castle, Beckett, Ryan and Esposito agree to cover up Montgomery’s role in the conspiracy. About Us | Copyright Inquiry | Privacy Policy | Contact Us. In the course of this investigation Beckett reveals her home-made murder board for the case to Castle, which she built the summer before. When she interrogates Officer Hastings, who has been fighting crime as a vigilante called Lone Vengeance and is suspected of killing a man that knew her double identity, it turns out that the two of them are very similar in that they lost one of their parents when someone murdered them and have allowed that to drive their careers towards the police force in order to make justice. Before he can tackle her out of the way, Beckett is shot in the chest. And kind of slutty."[9]. Ultimately, it turns out that it was a birthday present (he was born on April Fools' Day) and Beckett had her crew and Castle's family set up the entire thing on him in order to spring a surprise birthday party for him. Castle, feeling guilty that she lost her only lead to save his life, decides to end their partnership, but Beckett asks him to stay because, when she finally learns who ordered the hit on her mother, she wants him there with her. Beckett had recently discovered that Bracken was using Vulcan's drug money to prepare a run for the presidency. All Castle can do is hold her and tell her he loves her. In "Secret Santa", Beckett reveals to Castle that ever since her mom died, she and her dad don't celebrate Christmas anymore. Beckett's relationship with Castle is strained from the start as she finds him to be annoying and reckless. [4] Beckett ultimately turned down the chance to run for Senate and accepted the promotion to Captain, and was assigned to command the 12th Precinct after Gates was promoted to Deputy Chief and reassigned to One Police Plaza. fanfiction; caskett; rickcastle +2 more # 5. [10] In the second episode, Beckett plied suspect Chloe Richardson by admitting that someone close to her had been killed. Castle is more willing to go than ever before, but he just can't let Beckett throw her life away again. What if Castle becomes suspicious? So sweet. In "Headhunters", Castle teams up with Detective Ethan Slaughter, clearly avoiding Beckett. In "Under the Gun", Beckett tells Castle that she has a '94 Harley softail motorbike, which she worked through high school to pay for. While delivering a eulogy at Montgomery's funeral, Castle sees in the distance the sun reflecting off what he realizes to be a sniper rifle that is aimed at Beckett. When Beckett and Castle find him he is in a very bad shape: Maddox had tortured him to learn where the files are. In "After Hours", Castle and Beckett have a dinner for their parents and themselves which goes VERY badly and only a call-away for a murder seems to save them from a dinner gone bad. Fast forward seven years, and fans watch as Castle and Kate raise their three kids together. Let’s not forget that Castle returns with an all new season on September 19th on ABC at 10pm. Senator (and former New York assistant district attorney) William Bracken, revealing that he is the "dragon". Further, Beckett only asked Lanie to set her up once Castle revealed he had a date. Just as Castle and Beckett are hoping to intercept a drop Caleb is doing for Loksat, things go awry: The man who pulls up to the scene isn’t Caleb but a decoy. All Castle can do is hold her and tell her he loves her. She worked with fellow detectives Javier Esposito (Jon Huertas) and Kevin Ryan (Seamus Dever) and medical examiner Lanie Parish (Tamala Jones) under Captain Roy Montgomery (Ruben Santiago-Hudson). As a result, Beckett was fired, leaving her briefly unemployed due to station budget cuts preventing Gates from simply re-hiring her. Katherine Houghton Beckett was born to Jim and Johanna Beckett on November 17, 1979. Season three of this witty, cop drama finds both Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Det. Beckett and Castle meet with him and just as he is about to tell them something about the murder, he is shot by a sniper right before their eyes. In "The Human Factor", Beckett is headhunted by Jerry Stack, a special investigator for the Office of the United States Attorney General, who offers her a job in Washington, D.C. where she will work on the most challenging and sensitive cases in the country. In "The Third Man", Castle observes that being excited about a man is unusual behavior for Beckett when he notices her playing with her hair while organizing a date with a fire fighter Lanie sets her up with. However, she warms up to him after seeing how useful he is on cases, which he often solves by noticing things that no one else did. Seeing her watch him peg her closer and closer until he finishes, she is obviously bothered by his accuracy. When he asks why she will not show him a picture of the bike, she says it is because she does not think he could handle the sight of her "straddling it in tight black leather". In the last scene of "Punked", Josh (Victor Webster) comes to the precinct and picks Beckett up to go motorbike riding (shown by her going to get her helmet). She is also a comic book fan, having bought her first when she was 14 and envisioning herself as Elektra if she … Beckett then has to do a secretive "Walk of Shame" out of Castle's loft, so that Martha and Alexis don't see her. Apparently, as a child, Jerry Tyson was raised by a single mother: a beautiful blonde who later didn't want him and eventually died. Plus, Castle's Bucket List indicates that his #1 is "Be with Kate". At the end of the episode, Castle admits openly to being jealous, and she turns the writer down, calling herself a "one writer girl". In "Wrapped Up in Death", Castle asks Beckett to look out for Alexis if anything happens to him, which Beckett promises to do. She was eventually able to help her father get through it. rick castle. | Castle tv shows, Castle tv, Castle beckett May 16, 2015 - Kate Beckett said this at Captain Montgomery's funeral, right before she was shot... in the chest... by a sniper. She attempts to continue the investigation of her mother's death, but Castle convinces her to try to give it some time, so that things may become clearer. From now on he is hunting down Beckett. Montgomery's funeral. She also wanted a position in the force where she could investigate her mother's death further. Espo & Lanie are on the outs again, and she's horny too. In the Season 3 finale, Episode 324, Knockout, Beckett is shot in the chest by a sniper (while giving the eulogy at Captain Montgomery's funeral) and as the shot rings out, Castle doesn't think twice before risking his own life to dive on top of her. Kate, though, believes that there was more to her mother's murder than a random killing, thinking that the investigating detectives ignored every other evidence that could lead them to her mother's murderer. In "Knockdown", Castle arrived at Beckett's apartment and asked for Josh before he handed her flowers. She has since worn her mother's wedding ring as a necklace for "the life she lost" and her father's watch for "the life she saved". His last act before dying is killing Lockwood. It is revealed that there was a third cop involved in the murder of Arman—Beckett's current captain, Roy Montgomery. They both agree that it was not a one time thing, but their conversation is interrupted when Castle's mother comes home, causing Castle to send Beckett to hide in his closet. By Rachel McRady 4:09 AM PDT, May 17, 2016 This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a … [18] Her relationship with Castle was recognized by two TV Guide Awards for "Favorite Couple Who Should" in 2011, and "Favorite Couple" in 2012. In "He's Dead, She's Dead", it is revealed that Beckett has looked at the biography page of Castle's official website, and thus knows his middle name is "Edgar". She was also raised by her father to be a baseball fan. During Season 5, their romantic relationship continues to be explored. She escapes by killing the thugs. She remains a fan of Richard Castle's work, and she accepts an invitation to go for drinks with him in order to find out why he killed off Derrick Storm. In "Setup", Castle and Beckett can be seen in a concealed tarp together after being exposed to high levels of radiation. Castle only talked so seriously to her about this because of a call he received from a "mysterious man", who claimed to be an old friend of Montgomery and in possession of the evidence against the dragon and is now blackmailing him in order to keep Beckett safe. She is also a comic book fan, having bought her first when she was 14 and envisioning herself as Elektra if she had a choice of what character to be. She then studied pre-law at Stanford University, dreaming of becoming the first female Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, before transferring to New York University after her mother's death to pursue a career in law enforcement. Castle becomes worried about Beckett when they are working on a sniper case ("Kill Shot"), and realizes that she is suffering from PTSD from her shooting. 19 Beckett and Castle Both Assumed the Other Had No Interest Beckett notes his bravery to save her and is there at the end to help gently bandage his hand. Castle got the case file from Esposito. A case involving a sniper brings back memories for Beckett of her own shooting. [17] She was included in TV Guide's list of "TV's Sexiest Crime Fighters". In "Murder, He Wrote", Castle and Beckett decide to go to the Hamptons for a weekend. He admits he shot Arman, but also tells her that he has all the necessary evidence to bring the so-called dragon down. Guessing that she came from upper middle class, that she lost someone close to her, and that the killer was never caught. In "The Limey", Beckett and Lanie talk about Castle, leading Beckett to admit her feelings for him. Beckett touches his face and says "I just want you to know that I. When Castle gets an award for his writing, he credits Beckett as his inspiration and dedicates it to her as well as his friends. In this moment she realizes that Castle is more important to her than justice for her mother. Beckett is disappointed, but still refuses to talk to him about this. Talk about a "Knockout" punch. You're Dead". In "Countdown", Castle and Beckett are locked inside a giant freezer after raiding the location where a bomb is believed to be held. Although the killer is apparently caught when he leaves his fingerprints on a note he allegedly sent to Castle, Castle convinces Beckett to continue the investigation based on a hunch, the two discovering that the killer was actually Allison's brother, setting up a mentally ill client of his sister—a social worker—so that he could claim the majority of their father's estate due to his father suffering from terminal cancer. And their chemistry is hotter than ever. After finding the bomb later on near the end of the episode, Castle and Beckett realize that it is too late for a bomb squad. Beckett is devastated to hear this and is therefore happy when Castle ends his brief partnership with Slaughter. The whole world flashes before their eyes. She is, however, angry that he hid important facts from her in order to protect her and refuses to back off from the case, causing Castle to end their partnership. They do not share any communication whatsoever during the summer. It is revealed in the episode by Sorenson that Beckett once waited in line for an hour just to get one of Castle's books signed, and also how his novels helped her through her mother's death.